AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -In ecology, a population is a group of individuals of the same species, inhabiting the same area, and functioning as a unit of biotic community.

Detailed explanation-2: -Population. A population is a group of individuals of a single species living together within a particular geographic area.

Detailed explanation-3: -The highest level of organization for living things is the biosphere; it encompasses all other levels. The biological levels of organization of living things arranged from the simplest to most complex are: organelle, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, populations, communities, ecosystem, and biosphere.

Detailed explanation-4: -population ecology, study of the processes that affect the distribution and abundance of animal and plant populations. A population is a subset of individuals of one species that occupies a particular geographic area and, in sexually reproducing species, interbreeds.